Planned gas developments on Western Australia’s Burrup Hub led by fossil fuel giant Woodside could result in twice as much greenhouse gas being emitted as any other Australian fossil fuel development up for approval, according to an analysis by Greenpeace.In a stunning photo essay,...

New polling from the Climate Council has revealed that more than two-thirds of Australians are ditching the car more often to avoid paying for soaring fuel costs. Of the 1,150 Australians surveyed nationally, more than half feel that the Federal government’s long-awaited fuel efficiency standard...

A group of climate activists will fight conspiracy charges in court this week after counter-terrorism police intercepted them as they arrived at Woodside CEO Meg O’Neill’s home on 1 August with an ABC camera crew.

The world is on track for a “hellish” 3C of global heating, the UN has warned before the crucial Cop28 climate summit that begins next week in the United Arab Emirates.

Western Australia’s premier has claimed at a WA energy transition summit that expanding the state’s gas industry – and increasing its greenhouse gas pollution in the short term – will be good for the planet as it will lead to a “dramatic reduction” in global emissions. Yet, the state government has...

Thousands of students will take to the streets today for the School Strike 4 Climate as Torres Strait Islander people desperately hope the message cuts through to the government. Torres Strait Islander elders Pabai Pabai and Paul Kabai are in Melbourne for hearings in the landmark court case they...

Two Australian climate scientists have written a Climate Doctor’s Certificate for students to use when they put down their pens, shut their laptops and leave class in droves to strike for the climate this Friday. The letter states the student is unfit for school due to a major climate health...

Australian and international scientists have warned ecosystems such as the Great Barrier Reef will not recover from the effects of climate change unless fossil fuels are reduced within the next decade. The Climate Council on Wednesday released its first oceans report, which said the rate of climate...

Westpac has become the first big Australian bank to set a zero-deforestation target for loans to beef, dairy and sheep farmers with a commitment to no further conversion of natural forests to agricultural use from the end of 2025. The bank’s climate report also says it will no longer directly...

A wave of political rhetoric and alleged misinformation around the impacts of offshore wind farms on whales has led to fears that a potential wind energy industry off the coast of the Illawarra and Hunter regions could be derailed before it properly begins. Greenpeace says that exploration for and...